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Created by merger of The Kentucky Advocate and The Danville Daily–Messenger: The Anderson News: Lawrenceburg: 1877 Weekly Paxton Media Group: The Banner–Republic: Morgantown: 1885 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Barren County Progress: Glasgow: 1882 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Bath County News Outlook: Owingsville: 1884 [6] Weekly Kentucky ...
Menifee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,113, [1] making it the fifth-least populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Frenchburg. [2] The county is named for Richard Hickman Menefee, U.S. Congressman, although the spelling has changed. [3]
Richard Hickman Menefee was born on December 4, 1809, in Owingsville, Kentucky. [1] He was the third of five sons born to Richard and Mary (Longsdale) Menefee. [2] His father was an Irish potter who immigrated to Kentucky from Virginia in the 1790s and became one of the founders of the city of Owingsville. [2]
Scranton is an unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 1274 northeast of the city of Frenchburg, the county seat of Menifee County. [1] Its elevation is 791 feet (241 m). [2] Scranton is part of the Mount Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is named after the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
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Fagan is an unincorporated community located in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was opened for the settlement in 1901, before closing in 1953. A post office was opened for the settlement in 1901, before closing in 1953.
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